Kotuku Ngawati (born 16 June 1994) is an Australian
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. She competed in the
women's 200 metre individual medley event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.
Ngawati is of
New Zealand Māori descent, and affiliates with the
Ngāpuhi ''
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
'' (tribe).
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2016-09-17
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1994 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle swimmers
Australian female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Ngāpuhi people
Australian people of Māori descent
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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